History ArchEnemy / VideoGames

** The ''Breath of the Wild'' and ''Tears of the Kingdom'' incarnation of Link has a notable feud with Master Kohga, the leader of the Yiga Clan. In ''Breath of the Wild'', Kohga has his minions searching Hyrule in an effort to hunt down Link, only for Link to personally storm Kohga's hideout in the Gerudo Desert and confront Kohga personally, at which point Kohga tries to kill Link himself, only for Kogha to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard cause himself to fall]] into a [[BottomlessPits pit]]. In ''Tears of the Kingdom'', Kohga is revealed to have survived his fall into the pit, which caused Kohga to land into the Depths of Hyrule. [[NeverMyFault blaming Link for his fall]] into the Depths, Kohga and his begins researching Zonai technology. Later on, Link himself enters the Depths and obtains the Autobuild ability before Kohga could, prompting Kogha to fight Link again in attempt to both take it from Link and get revenge for his previous defeat. However, Link defeats Kohga again, prompting the Yiga Clan leader to flee. Link ends up pursuing throughout the Hyrule Depths, [[RecurringBoss encountering him in combat several more times]].

** The ''Breath of the Wild'' and ''Tears of the Kingdom'' incarnation of Link has a notable feud with Master Kohga, the leader of the Yiga Clan. In ''Breath of the Wild'', Kohga has his minions searching Hyrule in an effort to hunt down Link, only for Link to personally storm Kohga's hideout in the Gerudo Desert and confront Kohga personally, at which point Kohga tries to kill Link himself, only for Kogha to [[HoistByHiOwnPetard cause himself to fall]] into a [[BottomlessPits pit]]. In ''Tears of the Kingdom'', Kohga is revealed to have survived his fall into the pit, which caused Kohga to land into the Depths of Hyrule. [[NeverMyFault blaming Link for his fall]] into the Depths, Kohga and his begins researching Zonai technology. Later on, Link himself enters the Depths and obtains the Autobuild ability before Kohga could, prompting Kogha to fight Link again in attempt to both take it from Link and get revenge for his previous defeat. However, Link defeats Kohga again, prompting the Yiga Clan leader to flee. Link ends up pursuing throughout the Hyrule Depths, [[RecurringBoss encountering him in combat several more times]].

** In the classic series, B.J. Blazkowicz had Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Third Reich. Blazkowicz seized the Spear of Destiny from Hitler's control on multiple occassions, and made personal attempts in Hitler's lfie in both ''Original Encounter'' and ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D''.

** In the DLC of ''Videogame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', Ogerpon and Pecharunt are nemeses to one another considering that they are [[FracturedFairyTales an inversion of]] the story of Momotaro, with Ogerpon being an innocent creature who was made into a target of Kitakami Village's anger due to Pecharunt's machinations. If brought out for the fight against the latter, Ogerpon responds in a furious battlecry.

* The Kansai-based Omi Alliance of ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' have been the most persistent enemies of Kiryu and his Tokyo-based allies, being the main antagonists of [[VideoGame/Yakuza2 two]] [[VideoGame/Yakuza5 games]] and the secondary antagonists of [[VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon a third]]. Even in those ''Yakuza'' games where they don't appear in force, the threat of an Omi invasion is enough to drive many of the plots of those games and creates further conflict.

* ''VideoGame/BountyHunter'': Jango Fett has Montross, a [[TheRival rival]] BountyHunter who [[spoiler:kills his friend Rozatta.]]

* ''VideoGame/BountyHunter'': Jango Fett has Montross, a [[TheRival rival]] BountyHunter who [[spoiler:kills his friend Rozatta.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Stolen}}'': Anya Romanov has Breeze, a ninja who she has multiple encounters with throughout the game. Anya also has [[spoiler:Richard Killian, who used her as a pawn to discredit his political rival, and framed her for murder.]]

** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'': The Courier has Ulysses, the GreaterScopeVillain of ''Dead Money'', ''Honest Hearts'', and ''Old World Blues'', and the BigBad of ''Lonesome Road''. Ulysses blames the Courier for [[spoiler:the destruction of the Divide.]]

** Wario himself had [[EvilIsSexy Captain Syrup]] [[VideoGame/WarioLand back in the day]], though [[VideoGame/WarioLandShakeIt her last appearance]] had her come back as an ally and assistant to Wario. [[spoiler: She still ended up manipulating him, though]].

** Jaden Korr has Tavion Axmis, who he encountered on Yavin IV when he arrived there to begin his Jedi training. Tavion later [[spoiler:corrupts his friend Rosh Pennin, is responsible for the loss of Jaden's lightsaber on Vjun, unsuccesfully seeks to have Jaden himself corrupted (which Tavion's apprentice Alora tried to carry out by trying to goad him into killing Rosh), and summons Marka Ragnos, who possesses Tavion, to defeat Jaden.]]

* ''VideoGame/StarTrek25thAnniversary'' and ''VideoGame/StarTrekJudgmentRites'' give us Dr. Ies Breddell, a MadScientist, who has declared Kirk his own personal enemy ever since Kirk thwarted his attempt to take over his planet's government more than a decade ago. At the end of the first game, Bredell creates a replica of the ''Enterprise'' and begins attacking Federation ships, partly as a move against the Federation but partly just to get Kirk blamed for the attacks. The real ''Enterprise'' eventually blows his ship up, but this only serves to make him angrier; In the second game it is revealed that he'd survived and decided to [[DisproportionateRetribution destroy the entire Federation]] using a doomsday weapon of his own design. In that mission, we see he even has a DartBoardOfHate with Kirk's face on it in his quarters. It should be noted that Breddell is only an arch-villain from his own perspective, due to his overwhelming personal resentment towards Kirk; in the grand scheme of things, Breddell is just a minor villain - he only appears in two out of the total 15 episodes in those two games.
* In ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'', Colonel Hakeev and the Romulan PlayerCharacter are this to each other. The player despises Hakeev for [[DoomedHometown destroying their colony]]. Eventually, the player becomes such a pain in Hakeev’s side that he sends an entire ‘’fleet’’ to take them out (it doesn’t work).

%%** Coco has this with N-Gin and Nina, Cortex's {{dragon}} and niece respectively.

* ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs'':

* In ''VideoGame/StarFox'', Fox became Andross' nemesis after he prevented him from conquering the Lylat System. ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' was a retelling of the original game's events and made things personal between Fox and Adross, by implying Andross had been responsible for the death of [[YouKilledMyFather Fox's father]], James [=McCloud=].

* The Kansai-based Omi Alliance of ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' have been the most persistent enemies of Kiryu and his Tokyo-based allies, being the main antagonists of [[VideoGame/{{Yakuza 2}} two]] [[VideoGame/{{Yakuza 5}} games]] and the secondary antagonists of [[VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon a third]]. Even in those ''Yakuza'' games where they don't appear in force, the threat of an Omi invasion is enough to drive many of the plots of those games and creates further conflict.

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'': Shulk had Metal Face, who he believed to have killed his friend Fiora.

** Arthur Morgan has Micah Bell, for being TheCorruptor to their boss sutch, and for betraying the Van der Linde gang to the Pinkertons.

** The Ikana Kingdom and the Garo from ''Majora's Mask'' have had a GreatOffscreenWar. By the time of the game's events, the Ikana Kingdom is in ruins, its people have become [[DemBones undead]], including their king Igos du Ikana, who continues to reside in the Ancient Castle of Ikana, while the Garo Master resides in the Stone Tower Temple, which is also in the Ikana region.

*** In ''The Warrior Within'', the Prince has the Dahaka, an ImplacableMan who seeks to [[YouCantFightFate kill the Prince for using the Sands of Time to alter his fate]].

** The Prince's most prominent enemy in the ''Sands of Time'' continuity is the Vizier, who sets the plot of the trilogy in motion by tricking the Prince into releasing the Sands of Time. Although the Vizier only directly serves as the BigBad in ''The Sands of Time'' and ''The Two Thrones'', he is indirectly responsible for the Prince's conflict with the Dahaka during the events of ''The Warrior Within'' (as the Dahaka seeks to kill the Prince for using the Sands of Time to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong from the Vizier's machinations in ''The Sands of Time''). The Vizier is also responsible for the StartOfDarkness of Saurva, who comes into conflict with the Prince during the events of ''VideoGame/BattlesOfPrinceOfPersia''.

* ''VideoGame/RhythmThiefAndTheEmperorsTreasure'': Phantom R has a man who claims to be Napoleon, who Phantom R first encounters when he rescues a girl named Marie from him. Phantom R subsequently focuses a great deal of time and effort to opposing "Napoleon", encountering him and his minions on multiple occasions. [[spoiler:"Napoleon" later has Marie kidnapped in order to force R to give him the Dragon Crown, and although Phantom R tries to trick him with a fake crown, Marie's guardian Jean-François, who is actually "Napoleon"'s accomplice, shoots Phantom R and seizes the real Dragon Crown before he can escape with Marie. "Napoleon" later has Marie's mother kidnapped in to force Marie to summon a superweapon. Towards the end of the game, "Napoleon" reveals himself to be an imposter, whose real name is Leonard Bonar.]]

* ''VideoGame/RhythmThiefAndTheEmperorsTreasure'': Phantom R has a man who claims to be Napoelon, who Phantom R first encounters when he rescues a girl named Marie from him. Phantom R subsequently spends most of the story opposing Napoleon, and has multiple encounters with "Napoleon" and his minions. [[spoiler:"Napoleon" later has Marie kidnapped in order to force R to give him the Dragon Crown, and although Phantom R tries to trick him with a fake crown, Marie's guardian Jean-François, who is actually "Napoleon"'s accomplice, shoots Phantom R and seizes the real Dragon Crown before he can escape with Marie. "Napoleon" later has Marie's mother kidnapped in to force Marie to summon a superweapon. Towards the end of the game, "Napoleon" reveals himself to be an imposter, whose real name is Leonard Bonar.]]

* ''VideoGame/RhythmThiefAndTheEmperorsTreasure'': Phantom R has a man who claims to be Napoelon, who Phantom R first encounters when he rescues a girl named Marie from him. Phantom R subsequently has multiple encounters "with Napoleon" and his minions throughout the game, and spends much of the story trying to stop Napoleon. [[spoiler:"Napoleon" later has Marie kidnapped in order to force R to give him the Dragon Crown, and although Phantom R tries to trick him with a fake crown, Marie's guardian Jean-François, who is actually "Napoleon"'s accomplice, shoots Phantom R and seizes the real Dragon Crown before he can escape with Marie. "Napoleon" later has Marie's mother kidnapped in to force Marie to summon a superweapon. Towards the end of the game, "Napoleon" reveals himself to be an imposter, whose real name is Leonard Bonar.]]

* ''VideoGame/RhythmThiefAndTheEmperorsTreasure'': Phantom R has a man who claims to be Napoelon, who Phantom R first encounters when he rescues a girl named Marie from him. Phantom R subsequently has multiple encounters "with Napoleon" and his minions throughout the game, and spends much of the story trying to prevent Napoleon from obtaining the Dragon Crown. [[spoiler:"Napoleon" later has Marie kidnapped in order to force R to give him the Dragon Crown, and although Phantom R tries to trick him with a fake crown, Marie's guardian Jean-François, who is actually "Napoleon"'s accomplice, shoots Phantom R and seizes the real Dragon Crown before he can escape with Marie. "Napoleon" later has Marie's mother kidnapped in to force Marie to summon a superweapon. Towards the end of the game, "Napoleon" reveals himself to be an imposter, whose real name is Leonard Bonar.]]